February 03, 2010, 5:06PM

WDIV Local 4 in Detroit is offering 4 tickets to the Detroit Red Wings' February 11th match-up against the San Jose Sharks to a randomly-selected fan who can answer a difficult skill-testing question regarding a Jack Adams Award winner in 1978...which is surprising given that the Red Wings' record tended to Kromm-ble on a regular basis in the late 70's. ... Full story »

February 03, 2010, 4:19PM

The Detroit Red Wings' struggles over the past two weeks serve as symptoms of a sort of identity crisis: the Wings adjusted to a passive, dump-and-chase style of play to deal with an injury-ravaged roster, but as players have returned to the lineup, the Wings encountered a strange phenomenon, suddenly finding themselves out-shot by significant margins and essentially opening up... Full story »

February 03, 2010, 3:02PM

By the time that the Red Wings hopped on Red Bird II for a 20-minute flight from San Jose to Anaheim, they knew that defenseman Niklas Kronwall wouldn't play against the Anaheim Ducks tonight (10 PM, FSD/WXYT), but Wings coach Mike Babcock told the Detroit News's Chris McCosky that Kronwall's lost skate blade factored into the injury... : February... Full story »

October 21, 2009, 5:39AM

The Detroit Red Wings will head out to Phoenix this afternoon to begin their annual end-of-October West Coast swing, and while they've had a few days to rest, recover, and work on fundamentals, they're well aware of the fact that not winning on a consistent basis--fast--will bite them six months from now, as Dan Cleary told the Detroit News's Chris... Full story »

September 30, 2009, 12:44PM

The NHLPA held a conference call yesterday evening in an attempt to address the controversy surrounding the NHLPA executive committee's decision to fire Paul Kelly approximately one month ago, and ESPN reports that the Detroit Red Wings' acting player representative asked his peers to thoroughly investigate Kelly's firing: September 30, ESPN: Chris Chelios, the league's most senior player, made an... Full story »

September 27, 2009, 7:21PM

Of the former Red Wings' names still out there on the unrestricted free agent market, Chris Chelios has yet to find gainful employment, Darren McCarty has all but officially retired, Aaron Downey was cut by the Phoenix Coyotes, Kyle Calder lost his spot with the Anaheim Ducks, and, today, the Macomb Daily's Bruce MacLeod reports that a long-time Wing may... Full story »

September 24, 2009, 1:41PM

The Hockey News's Adam Proteau's going against his publication's suggestion that the Detroit Red Wings cannot retain the Central Division title in predicting that the Wings will at least finish in the Western Conference's top three during a brief slate of predictions... September 24, The Hockey News: 3. Detroit. In the same way many now refuse to believe in the... Full story »

September 03, 2009, 8:48AM

Highlighting a concurrent storyline...The Detroit News's Dana Wakiji discussed the Red Wings' post-salary cap developmental model as a balancing act in terms of prospect development via late-round draft picks who work their way up, usually via the Grand Rapids Griffins, to compliment Detroit's veteran core, but what struck me is the fact that a few front-office constants keep the show... Full story »

August 19, 2009, 12:03AM

The Detroit Red Wings have no problem whatsoever with the concept of leaning upon key performers over the age of 30, and that's especially true on the blueline, where players essentially play for as long as they feel they can contribute (see: Chris Chelios, Slava Fetisov). As such, NHL.com's John Kreiser gave Nicklas Lidstrom and Brian Rafalski "first team" and... Full story »

August 18, 2009, 7:59AM

The Detroit Examiner's Mike Mouat got a sneak peek at The Hockey News's 2009-2010 season yearbook, and he reveals that the Red Wings received substantial coverage in the annual publication: August 18, Detroit Examiner: Senior writer Ken Campbell wrote a great piece on Chris Osgood titled "Wing Man", with plenty of insight from Osgood and Red Wings general manager Ken... Full story »

August 07, 2009, 6:02PM

After eight weeks of reading columns declaring the imminent demise of the Detroit Red Wings as Stanley Cup contenders, Central Division leaders, and as a team that's young enough or tough enough to compete for the Stanley Cup, the ninth week of hockey-less summer ends with a warning, courtesy of the Hockey News's Edward Fraser. Fraser at least drops a... Full story »

August 01, 2009, 10:12AM

Red Wings VP Jimmy Devellano has made quite a few media appearances over the past few weeks, speaking to The Fan 590's Roger Lajoie twice in the span of a week, and Paul Kukla of Kukla's Korner spotted another Devellano-related missive from the Mercury News's David Pollak. Today, Devellano's dispensing free advice to the San Jose Sharks: August 1, Mercury... Full story »

July 29, 2009, 6:23AM

With the Grand Rapids Griffins' roster essentially complete thanks to the signing of Andy Delmore, and the Red Wings' contractual hands finally untied as the NHL believes that it can no longer stop Jiri Hudler from playing for Dynamo Moscow, regardless of the result of Thursday's arbitration hearing, GM Ken Holland has begun to, as he told the Detroit News's... Full story »

July 27, 2009, 11:42PM

Winging it in Motown's Christopher Hollis delivered a bombshell of the pleasant "it's who you know" variety via unrestricted free agent winger Mike Grier's agent, Jay Fee: July 27, Winging it in Motown: "Several teams have contacted me as they see Mike as a very solid asset and a plus for their organization. Detroit is a first class organization in... Full story »

July 25, 2009, 3:24PM

As noted earlier this week, Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk is holding a youth hockey camp in his hometown of Ekaterinburg, Russia, and the English language website/newspaper/news service Russia Today translated the ITAR-TASS article about the happenings at the Yunost Sports Academy: July 25, Russia Today: It's not that often you see big names from sport giving up their time... Full story »

July 23, 2009, 1:14PM

According to the ITAR-TASS news agency, Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk is holding a youth hockey camp in his hometown of Ekaterinburg, Russia: July 23, Sport-Express (roughly translated): At the Ekaterinburg sports school, the Yunost Sports Academy, all interested people from ages 8-16, can take part in a hockey camp. Children fro not only cities around the Ural Mountains, but... Full story »

July 20, 2009, 7:30PM

Sometimes things just dovetail oh-so-nicely. This evening's odds and ends basically build upon this afternoon's worth of Red Wings scuttlebutt, though they begin with a question: does Fox Sports' Spector accurately assess the Vancouver Canucks' decision to sign Mikael Samuelsson as a "bargain?" July 20, Fox Sports: Lost in the hype of the major signings on July 1 was the... Full story »